Finding Books
Latin American and Caribbean Studies

FINDING BOOKS IN W&L LIBRARIES

Annie, the W&L library catalog, lists nearly all the books (and other materials) in Leyburn Library, the Telford Science Library, the Law Library, and other libraries on the W&L campus.

Topic Searching

The preferred method for searching Annie for material on a particular topic/subject probably is the Keyword option on Annie's menu, which allows you to combine terms and/or to search for various forms of a term.
You can search for various forms of a word by placing one or more asterisks at the end of a term. (See this guide.)
Some sample searches:

• brazil favela*   (same as brazil AND favela*) -- with results here
• brazil AND (favela* OR slum*)   (using synonyms) -- with results here
• revolution* AND (literature OR fiction) AND "latin america*" -- with results here

Author Searching

To find works containing material written/composed by an individual, use Annie's Author option, placing the last name first.  Example:  works by Carlos Fuentes

To find works containing material about an individual, use the LC Subject Heading option, placing the last name first.  Example:  works about Carlos Fuentes

Another possibility would be to use the individual's name in a Keyword search, as described above.

FINDING BOOKS OUTSIDE W&L

There are two basic methods of searching for books outside the W&L library system:

• searching individual institutions' catalogs;
• using the commercial WorldCat system to search hundreds of library catalogs simultaneously.

Both these approaches are available through our Library Catalogs Web page.

Remember -- many books not available at W&L may be borrowed from other libraries through interlibrary loan.